Although The Game openly challenged the embattled Florida citizen to an automatic ass-whooping, Zimmerman is steering clear of that obstacle and telling his struggle promoters that Kanye is the rapper he wants to exchange blows with.

George Zimmerman wants to beat up Kanye West … ironically because the rapper has a history of attacking “defenseless people.”

Promoters for Zimmerman’s upcoming celeb boxing match tell us he badly wants to step in the ring with Yeezus. The promoters are deliciously Machiavellian — knowing for many it will become a choice between 2 evils … thus becoming a must-see spectacle.

The promoters say if Kanye takes Zimmerman up on the offer … they’re willing to move the fight to L.A.

From a physical standpoint, Kanye seems like a much softer target than Game, but the Yeezus rapper’s recent history of violence wouldn’t pardon Zimmerman from catching a fade from his hand-picked opponent.